Is the one who cursed required to utter the Two Testimonies if the curse returns to him because the cursed one was not deserving of it?
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Scholars have not explicitly stated that it is obligatory for the curser to recite the . However, it is unanimously forbidden to curse someone who does not deserve to be cursed, based on the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying: "Cursing a believer is like killing him," and "Insulting a Muslim is wickedness." Moreover, if a curse ascends to the heavens and then descends to the earth, finding no recipient, it returns to the one who uttered it. Cursing a specific Muslim is forbidden by the consensus of Muslims, and a believer should not be one who frequently curses.
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